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Zero -The Biography of A Dangerous Idea
BookCharles Seife • 2003
ISBN: 0-285-63594-8
TMC: B386(MB)
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife explains the history and importance of zero. The book shows how the idea of “nothing” developed into a powerful number. It discusses zero’s origins in ancient civilizations, especially India, and its connection with infinity, mathematics, science, and philosophy. The author explains that zero was a “dangerous idea” because it challenged traditional beliefs and changed the way people understood numbers and the universe.
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Zero
mathematics
numbers
infinity
nothingness
ancient civilizations
India
Babylon
Greece
negative numbers
division by zero
calculus
paradox
philosophy
science
history of mathematics
dangerous idea
infinity
universe.